Urban Design
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Video Vancouver: Living in Gunter’s World
Under Queen Elizabeth I a priest named Edmund Gunter developed the measures that now frame our modern world. Colonel Richard Moody laid out the skeleton...
By Yuri Artibise -
Video Vancouver: Arbutus Greenway
Check out all 11 km of the Arbutus Greenway from False Creek to the Fraser River! (via the City of Vancouver).
By Yuri Artibise -
Kengo Kuma Speaks
As the third in the Gesamtkunstwerk lecture series produced by Westbank, and with the support of the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape...
By Sean Ruthen -
Book Review—Draw It: Tools, Techniques, and Methods
Author: Lynn Craig with Cary Perkins (ORO Editions, 2015) Draw It: Tools, Techniques, and Methods teaches the user how to draw buildings, landscapes and...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Vancouver Neighbourhood Population Change, 1971-2006
Cities are constantly transforming. Although we often focus on the most visible signs of change—new buildings and reconstructed public spaces, for...
By Erick Villagomez -
Video Vancouver: Downtown Vancouver Re-Imagined
What will downtown Vancouver be like in 2040? The Downtown Vancouver BIA asked over 11,000 people who live, work, and visit downtown to share their dreams...
By Yuri Artibise -
Re-Imagining Urban Form & Policy – The (Im)possibility of Design
On March 10 and 11, the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) and The School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) hosted the...
By Yuri Artibise -
Book Review: Streetfight—Handbook for an Urban Revolution
Authors: Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow (Viking Penguin, 2016) As New York City’s transportation commissioner under Mayor Michael Bloomberg from...
By Yuri Artibise -
Release: City of Vancouver and CP agree to creation of the Arbutus Greenway
Via: City of Vancouver, March 7 2016 “Thanks to this landmark agreement, the City will be able to transform the area into an outstanding greenway and...
By Spacing -
EVENT: Streetfight—Janette Sadik-Kahn on the Transformation of Cities
During the time Janette Sadik-Khan was Transportation Commissioner of New York City, the results were transformative—from Times Square to every borough of...
By Spacing -
Re-Engaging Vancouver’s Waterfront
Vancouver is a beautiful city. Surrounded by the ocean, green mountains and parks, Vancouverites seem to thoroughly enjoy all its natural amenities...
By Ulduz Maschaykh -
Good Intent and Design Fail in Chinatown
Inserting new structures into older urban environments can be tricky. The rhythm of the street and its storefronts, sidewalk width, building height etc...
By johnatkin